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Valentina Ramos ’26, Rebecca Wang ’26 and Brianna Yang ’25 have been named this year’s Gold Key Scholastic Writing award regional winners. Rebecca and Valentina received their gold keys and certificates on Sunday, March 30th, at the Oliver’s Golf Club in Wilmington. The awards ceremony was hosted by the regional National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW) in conjunction with Scholastic Writing and Art Awards.

In their season opener on March 26, Archmere freshman Ava Milewski pitched a two-hitter with eight strikeouts, and classmate Juliet Polsky went three for three and drove in four runs in a 13-2 five-inning victory over MOT Charter. The Auks scored all of their runs in the first three innings.

On Wednesday, March 26, two teams of Archmere students competed at the State Math Meet Invitational, held in Dover. In order to qualify for the State Meet, Archmere's Math League teams competed in 4 regular season meets from October to February this year, earning excellent results. At the Dover State Meet, the 9th grade A team and the 10th-12th grade A team placed second in the state overall!

Youth Art Month is an annual observance each year to emphasize the value of art and art education for all children and to encourage support for quality school art programs. It is observed in March, administered by the Council for Art Education (CFAE), with thousands of American schools participating. Often, local art museums and civic organizations are involved in promoting the work. The 2024/2025 theme is “Healing Through Color”.

The Governor’s Youth Volunteer Service Awards recognize and celebrates outstanding volunteers in our community. Jace Walker '25 has been selected to receive the Governor’s Volunteer Service Award, and will be honored on Thursday, May 1st in Dover, DE. Jace was nominated by Archmere Art & Design Department Teacher Mrs. Stephanie Silverman '00.

The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the nonprofit organization that presents the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, has recognized two Archmere students with National Scholastic Medals. Nearly 110,000 teens entered more than 310,000 original works of art and writing to the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Roman Guerrieri '25 was awarded a National Silver Medal for his "Handy Holder" Architecture & Industrial Design Category, and Grace Yang '25 was awarded a Gold Medal, Painting Category, for her piece entitled "Feeling Buggy."

The Delaware High School Mock Trial Competition took place on February 28 and March 1, 2025 at the Leonard L. Williams Justice Center. Varsity Team Captains Brianna Yang (‘25) and Daniel Qi (‘26) led their team through 4 rounds of competition, winning two rounds and ending in a tie in two rounds.

Archmere Art & Design Department faculty member Stephanie Silverman '00 has been invited as a Featured Presenter to speak at the National Art Education Association National Convention in Kentucky. Her presentation, titled Optimizing Creative Agency & Scaffolding for Success: A Backwards-Designed Curricular Framework for AP Studio Art, was accepted for inclusion in the 2025 NAEA National Convention program, taking place March 20–22, 2025, in Louisville, KY.

Archmere sophomores Audrey Curtis and Iyanna Flores have been selected to represent the state of Delaware at the YMCA National Changemakers Summit in Orlando, FL, from June 27-29, 2025. The YMCA National Changemakers Summit is a national event where high school students propose and present projects addressing critical issues in their communities, with finalists receiving funding to implement their ideas. 

The Art & Design and English departments joined forces on Monday, February 24th to celebrate the record number (235 combined awards) of Scholastic Art & Writing honors awarded to Archmere students in the 2025 competition. All entries were evaluated by a panel of jurors in specialty fields of writing, art and design. Student winners are honored by the Scholastics Program in Dover, Delaware, at a reception at regional affiliate Delaware State University. This year, in addition to the regional reception, both Archmere departments wanted to celebrate the undeniable creativity, imagination, and technical skill of our incredible students on campus in the Patio, with faculty from both departments in attendance. Students enjoyed treats from Sage Dining, and certificates and Gold and Silver Key pins were distributed to our incredible students.

Both the 9th grade and 10th-12th Math League teams finished very strong in the regional competition!

After the final regional Math League meet, Archmere's 10th-12th A and B teams are in 1st and 2nd place in our region out of 10 teams. Kabir Goyal and Kevin Xiao tied for 1st place overall with 23 points each, Kathrine Wang is in 2nd place with 17 points, and Daniel Qi in 3rd place with 16 points. Zora Zhang, Rebecca Wang, Alice Zhang and Amy Yin ranked just below them with every student from other schools placing below all of them. Both teams are headed to the State Invitational Meet at the end of March.

The Department of World Languages and Cultures began the next cycle of Archmere's Exchange Program this month. We welcomed 10 students from Yanping High School, located in Daan District, Taipei City, Taiwan. Two teachers accompanied the 10 students, who were matched with and hosted by Archmere families in their homes.

On Saturday, February 1st the Archmere wrestling team competed against 11 other teams at the Quaker Round Robin. The all day competition was held at the Wilmington Friends School.

On January 11, 2025 the Archmere indoor track and field team participated in the High School Invitational at Tower Hill with 16 other teams. The team boasted another successful weekend with several new Archmere All-Time top performances.

Archmere senior Charlie Malloy scored 18 points, "several when his team needed them the most", as Archmere remained undefeated with a 53-48 win over the Bulldogs on Wednesday, January 8th. Junior John Orsini scored 14 and Ryan Hagenberg added 10 as the Auks competed against Brandywine at home in the Moglia Fieldhouse.

Maxwell Football Club President, Mark Dianno, announced the 2024 Mini Max High School Award winners for the state of Delaware last week. Archmere senior Jack Bradley has been named one of forty-four Mini Max high school award winners for Delaware by the Maxwell Football Club. Jack joins 155 student-athletes from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Players were nominated by their coaches throughout the 2024 season and were evaluated based on criteria that includes: football performance, academics, and community service.